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Topic: G-5 Compression (Read 513 times)

Has anybody with a G-5 who has kick-started it from new noticed any change in the compression resistance through TDC? I've gotten mine down to first kick starting, and now with a little over 3,000 miles, the resistance is very low, sometimes the "poof" is hard to detect, but there is no loss of power or the presence of smoking. Jus' askin'.

I have sometimes been amazed and impressed by how easily my G5 (6000 miles) will start with the lightest push on the kickstart. Not every time, and I almost always use the elec start, but I like to kick it over now and again for old times sake Perhaps it is a little easier than at first, but then the engine is a completely different beast than when new. These engines start out tight as hell remember - plenty of resistance in all moving parts. I guess this must effect the ease of kickstarting.

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2010 Royal Enfield Electra (G5) - fully Hitchcocked

2004 Kawasaki W650 (gone but not forgotten...)~ the best british bike they never made ~

I found starting with a duff battery difficult (did'nt know the battery was duff).After fitting a new battery , and after it failed to turn the engine over, on the e. start, it kick starts just fine.For the battery fault, I first blamed the starter relay, and I was then about to dismantle the starter motor.